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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Profreedomokie" data-source="post: 3656579" data-attributes="member: 524"><p>My brother was really into history and researched our great ,great, great, grandfather (I'm not sure how many greats)  Dr. William Rickman.  He was born in England in 1731. He was a Captain in the British Navy and came to America. He served with the British during the French and Indian War. He owned the Kittiwan Plantation that was down the James River from the Berkeley Plantation . The Berkeley Plantation was owned by Benjamin Harrison V ,a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Dr. Rickman married Benjamin Harrison's daughter Elizabeth after his first wife died. He was good friends with George Washington and frequently wrote him. When the Revolutionary War started Dr. Rickman was voted to be the Director of Hospitals and Head Surgeon of the Continental Army. He later because of health issues retired from service at the rank of Colonel. Kittiwan is registered as a National Historic Place.</p></blockquote><p></p>